tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post2762764271627047399..comments2024-03-23T18:12:43.833+00:00Comments on Once I Was A Clever Boy: English Iconoclasm VIOnce I Was A Clever Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-59672595057903832322014-10-06T12:23:14.014+01:002014-10-06T12:23:14.014+01:00I have read the Hoving book, and found it eminentl...I have read the Hoving book, and found it eminently dislikeable in its style, and indeed the failure of the BM to acquire a national treasure. I agree it has a lot of interest about the Cross itself, but panders to modern susceptabilities too much! Once I Was A Clever Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-5817252690185354512014-10-04T12:11:58.622+01:002014-10-04T12:11:58.622+01:00Have you read Thomas Hoving, 'King of the Conf...Have you read Thomas Hoving, 'King of the Confessors: The Quest for the Bury St Edmunds Cross' (1981)? Good read, by the person who found the Cross and who later became director of the Met, but I understand not entirely reliable ...Deliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383433319373651830noreply@blogger.com